Spring Thaw on Tap at Tennessee Oval this Weekend
SHINNSTON, W.Va. (04/11/23) – For the first time since February, Mother Nature cut Rocket1 Racing and Hudson O’Neal some slack on Thursday night as the team was finally able to return to action.
Hudson raced the Rocket1 Racing / Valvoline / Seubert Calf Ranches No. 1 Ace Metal Works / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model to a sixth-place finish in the second annual Kyle Larson presents FloRacing Late Model Challenge at Tennessee’s Volunteer Speedway.
“First and foremost ,it was just great to be racing again. Feels like it’s been forever, so it was nice to knock the rust off. We had a good car early in the night and early in the feature, but we faded a little bit late in the race. Still came home sixth and got some solid laps to prepare to return there this weekend and go after the $100,000 win,” O’Neal said. “Thank you to everybody who supports this team. We’ve got a lot of great people behind us.”
Rocket1 Racing and Hudson O’Neal returned to action on Thursday evening with the second annual Kyle Larson Late Model Challenge at Volunteer Speedway (Bulls Gap, Tenn.).
In a field of 45 Late Models, O’Neal stopped the clock second-fastest in his qualifying group before placing first in his heat race. Locked into the third-starting position for the $20,000-to-win A-Main, Hudson ran in the Top 5 throughout the feature before fading late in the 50-lap affair to finish sixth.
The team will return to Volunteer Speedway this Friday and Saturday for the XR Super Series-sanctioned Spring Thaw. Action kicks off on Friday with twin $5,000-to-win prelims before Saturday’s finale paying $100,000 to the winner.
Full results from the event are available at www.VolunteerSpeedway.com.
Rocket1 Racing would like to thank all of their marketing partners, which include Valvoline, Seubert Calf Ranches, Rocket Chassis, Ace Metal Works, Durham Racing Engines, Five Star RaceCar Bodies, Gunter’s Honey, Performance Grading, Hoosier Racing Tire, Integra Racing Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, Petroff Towing, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts & Decals, WR1 Sim Chassis, O’Neal’s Salvage & Recycling, Sweet Manufacturing, Sunoco Race Fuels, Accu-Force Shock Service, ATL Fuel Cells, Aurora Rod Ends, Barnes Dry Sump Oil Systems, Bazell Race Fuels, Beyea Custom Headers, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Brinn Transmissions, Cometic Gasket, COMP Cams, CP Carrillo, Dohm Cycles, Edelbrock, Fibreworks Composites, Hardrock Powder Coating, Howe Racing Enterprises, Jones Racing Products, Kenny’s Components, Maxima Racing Oils, MSD, E3 Spark Plugs, Tel Tac, Performance Bodies, Peterson Fluid Systems, Powers Performance, Performance Rod & Custom, Quarter Master, QuickCar Racing Products, Rocket Pre-Owned Motors, Safecraft, Show Trucks Unlimited, Simpson, Stealth Carburetors, Strange Oval, Suave Talk, Total Power Valvoline Pro-V Racing, Walker Performance Filtration, Weld Racing, Wiles Driveshafts, Wilwood Brakes, Winters Performance Products, Wrisco Aluminum, Xceldyne Valvetrain, and MyRacePass Marketing Services.
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